Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun federal_bureau_of_prisons
1 sense of federal bureau of prisons
Sense 1
Federal Bureau of Prisons, BoP -- (the law enforcement agency of the Justice Department that operates a nationwide system of prisons and detention facilities to incarcerate inmates sentenced to imprisonment for federal crimes)
=> law enforcement agency -- (an agency responsible for insuring obedience to the laws)